IPSC Boys Swimming Championship 2022

Genesis Global School (GGS), Noida, successfully hosted the 35th All India IPSC Boys Swimming Championship 2022 under U14, U17 & U19 categories. The competition saw over 17 participant schools, including The Doon School, Dehradun, Welham’s Boys, Dehradun, Mayo College, Ajmer, DPS R K Puram; DPS Mathura Road, Modern School, Barakhamba Road among others and more than 150 swimmers participated in the championship. The three-day championship commenced with an opening keynote by Chief Guest Pramod Sharma, Vice-President Genesis Global School Management. Addressing the gathering Madhur Gupta, Principal CBSE at Genesis Global School, said “Whether you win medals or not, you must consider yourselves winners, as you have made the effort to participate, building sound and healthy bodies along the way”.

Addressing the closing ceremony, Dr.V K Datta, Director ( Sports) IPSC, stressed on the fact that sports play an integral role in the overall development and is an essential ingredient for the personality development of every student. “We are delighted to conduct this event as it has provided a platform to students to showcase their talent and further excel in the field of swimming. I am thankful to all the schools for their active participation. And, we wish to continue providing such platforms to students in future as well,” Dr.Datta added Daly College Indore, won the overall championship and TS Tejas Kumar (HPS, Begumpet)won the best swimmer award under 14 category; Aditya Kumar ( The Modern School, Barakhamba Road)won the best swimmer award under 17 category and Tejasv Arora (The Modern School, Barakhamba Road)won the best swimmer award under 19 category

Established in 1939, the Indian Public Schools Conference (IPSC) organises competition and interaction among the member schools to give the students a ‘national exposure’ at an all-India inter-school level. The winners were felicitated with trophies and certificates at the closing ceremony of the championship.